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    The surname Lisenby

    A surname, carried by 1,642 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L251

    Lisenby: #17,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lisenby #17,249, 1,642 people Lisenby: #17,249 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lisenby #17,249, 1,642 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lisenby is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,642 people named Lisenby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,642.

    #17,249
    rank among US surnames
    1,642
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #16,184)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,249Makela1,642188,030
    #17,258Elders1,641188,145

    Who is named Lisenby

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    87% of people named Lisenby identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lisenby

    Lisenby has the Soundex code L251, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L251.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lisenby?
    1,642 people in the United States had the surname Lisenby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,030 Americans. It ranked 17,249th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lisenby?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lisenby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lisenby getting more or less common?
    About as common. 1,642 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,642 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.